JEFFERSON CITY – Gaylon Moss, Disaster Relief (DR) director for North Carolina Baptist Men (NCBM), moves to Missouri this summer to take leadership of the state’s DR efforts, according to a May 22nd announcement from the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Moss’ start date is set for July 1. He and his wife Mindy will relocate to Missouri with their three teenage daughters Megan, Hallie and Kiera. “Gaylon Moss’ 20 years of disaster response experience and leadership skills in … [Read more...]
Missouri DR brings hope to Neosho family
NEOSHO – Last April, Amber Pendley and her family walked into their home after a dance recital to find a disaster: Twenty-nine inches of flood water had rumbled through their house while they were gone. The water tore up carpet and flooring, tossed their deep freeze, refrigerator and washing machine on end, ripped doors off the jams, and left lawn timbers and an inch of water throughout the house. “I didn’t realize how much damage water would do,” Pendley told The Pathway. “I was just … [Read more...]
Deadly central-U.S. storms mobilize DR in 5 states
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on the ground and others are on standby after weekend tornadoes and flooding killed five people and damaged homes in five states. Two disaster relief teams have been deployed in Tennessee; Illinois is assessing a response to flooding there; and teams are on standby in Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio, according to reports from state DR representatives and the North American Mission Board (NAMB). About 25 volunteers … [Read more...]
Generous gifts bless Texans in aftermath of Harvey
BEAUMONT, Texas – In its 69-year existence, East Gill Baptist Church here has survived four catastrophic events. But last August, when Hurricane Harvey ripped through the gulf coast, the church’s building met its match. After the storm passed, Pastor Jearon Chew took a boat to the sight of the church. “We were only able to see the roof of the building,” Chew said. For seven days, the church – located in a lower-income area of Beaumont – sat under water. Once the waters receded, they … [Read more...]
MBC sends aid to hurricane victims in Texas
On Dec. 11, 2017, John Yeats, executive director of the MBC presented a check for victim relief to James W. (Jim) Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the SE Texas coast and produced unprecedented damage and historical flooding, Missouri joined other state Disaster Relief teams to immediately respond to the needs. During that time, Missouri Baptists gave over $330,000 to DR and $250,000 of that amount was targeted for … [Read more...]
Missouri university students repair homes in flood-ravaged Houston during the holidays
HOUSTON – Turkey and all the fixings on the table at grandparents house in late November. Nope. For students in Baptist Student Union groups across Missouri and several other states, it was a trip in church vans to Houston, Texas, to begin the rebuilding process for homeowners who were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Twenty BSU students from Southwest Baptist University, Missouri Southern State University, Missouri Western University, Missouri Science and Technology University and the … [Read more...]
Over the top for the top of the world, elsewhere
The promotional materials for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions are out in circulation. This time of year, our Missouri churches often use the materials for promoting a week of prayer for our 3,800 international SBC missionaries, or some churches host a missions event that promotes all levels of missions – international, domestic, state and associational missions. One of the stories in the packet especially caught my interest because of Missouri Baptists’ … [Read more...]
Missouri DR intern shares Jesus in Houston, earns college credits back home
MARYVILLE – Maddy Atwell spent her entire summer preparing for a disaster that never came. A member of Laura Street Baptist Church and a collegiate intern for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief, she spent her summer training to respond however she was needed, whether in mass care, childcare, laundry, mudout, chaplaincy chainsaw or incident command. And while nobody would complain about a disaster-free summer, it was a little bit ironic when the wettest hurricane on record hit Houston … [Read more...]
‘God is real,’ Harvey survivor blesses Mo. DR workers with testimony
TEXAS CITY, Texas – Days spent responding to Hurricane Harvey were long, humid and exhausting. But ask any one of the hundreds who answered the call to bring help hope and healing, and they would most likely say the sacrifice was worth being a blessing to someone else in need. Often times, in fact, they are the ones who come away blessed. Such is the case of those volunteers who were fortunate to meet Maria Renovato and hear her testimony one evening. “Before the Hurricane,” she told the … [Read more...]
Hard, hot mudout work yields one-on-one ministry
TEXAS CITY, Texas – Rosalie Archer-Knehans never goes on a disaster relief job without a Bible, even if the person they’re serving is already a believer. One such survivor of Hurricane Harvey God had in store for Archer-Knehans was Elesia. Though she had been rescued by boat, water only got up three or four inches into house. Still, Archer-Knehans saw it as a God-made appointment. “She just needed someone to love her,” she said. “She was broken, alone and had lost her joy.” … [Read more...]
Interim DR leader Parry gets trial by fire during Harvey
JEFFERSON CITY – When Dwain Carter, the director of the Mission Baptist Convention’s disaster relief program left to take on a similar role in Texas, he knew he was leaving the ministry in capable hands. Tamara Parry, a member of Union Hill Baptist Church, Holts Summit, had served as the DR ministry assistant for three years and was ready and willing to step into the interim role. Then, just two weeks into her new responsibilities, the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history made … [Read more...]
Running ‘for’ the disaster: Runner raises money for Mo. Disaster Relief
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – While nearly everyone in their right mind is running away from a disaster, Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are the ones who run toward it. Now Adam Stoddard, a Missouri Baptist Convention church planting catalyst is running not from or to the disaster, but for it. Stoddard is a trail runner, and hopes to raise at least $3,000 for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief through his upcoming trail run Sept. 23. But forget a 5K or even a 26.2-mile marathon: Stoddard’s goal is … [Read more...]
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